Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 8:32 PM GMT-12 (08:32 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 8:32 PM GMT-12
UTC: 2022-11-14 08:32:13 UTC
Depth: 13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.057° N, 179.843° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.1 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 233°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 22

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 80.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j6jb (also filed as ak022em1uptv). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:15 AM UTC.